Are Manned Missions Still Necessary for Space Exploration?

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The discussion centers on the necessity of manned missions versus robotic exploration in space. While machines are cheaper and can operate longer than humans, both have faced failures. Future missions may involve humans in modified bodies or non-biological machines that replicate human consciousness. There is speculation that future exploration could rely on nanomachinery and software instead of traditional biological entities. The conversation suggests a shift towards advanced technology in space exploration, potentially diminishing the role of manned missions.
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should we keep sending machines to other planets to discover, or .. should we send men? after all, machines have been failing
 
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So have manned missions. Machines are much cheaper and able to continue to send information long after their biological equivalents would have expired.
 
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should we keep sending machines to other planets to discover, or .. should we send men? after all, machines have been failing


quite soon these will be the same thing-

future "manned" misions will be humans in adapted bodies/tools- either heavily modified biological bodies or non-biological machines running a copy of human mind-ware- or at least remotely linked directly to the motor/sensory inputs/outputs of a human brain somewhere on earth-

eventually we should only be sending small packages of nanomachinery and software into space- at some point- nanomachinery and software may be all most of us are here on Earth as well!
 
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